Topic: Introduction to The Rez Sisters by Thomson Highway Part2
Topic and focus of this lesson: Exploration of Literary Connections: Canadian Aboriginal Literature
Broad goals to which this lesson contributes:
Introduction to the play written by a Native Canadian writer
Specific outcomes for this lesson: To familiarize students with the author of the play.
To understand the play's importance in the Canadian literature.
To understand the characteristics of a play: elements of literary form
Materials: The Rez Sisters by Thomson Highway
Press reviews of the staging of the play ( by Susan Vanetta Mason and by Robyn Israel)
Agenda:
Thomson Highway's biography (pgs VI-IX)
Play's reviews from the press.
The play in the context of Canadian literature.
Aboriginal People in the Canadian multicultural context.
Multiculturalism among the Aboriginal People: First Nations, Metis, Innuit (diversity of languages and cultures)
Reading of the play: Production Notes, Cast of Characters, Act 1 (up to pg 9)
Exploration of Literary Connections: Canadian Aboriginal Literature
Introduction to the play written by a Native Canadian writer
To understand the play's importance in the Canadian literature.
To understand the characteristics of a play: elements of literary form
Press reviews of the staging of the play ( by Susan Vanetta Mason and by Robyn Israel)